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I love using custom fields for themes/plugins, but parsing them is sometimes a bitch. This is a very simple wrapper for some wordpress functions that will return a nice formatted array for use with themes or other plugins.

If you are big into custom fields and playing around with them, check this plugin out, it should make life a bit easier.

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You have a post which has a bunch of images, but those images need titles, you can structure that in the post with custom fields like:

custom_field_name

value

images

src=image01.jpg&title=my house&description=this is my house

images

src=image02.jpg&title=mountain&description=some awesome mountains

images

src=image03.jpg&title=beach&description=a sandy beach

gallery_options

sort=title&&lightbox=1&delay=0.5

You would get this array back:

Array
(
    [images] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [src] => image01.jpg
                    [title] => my house
                    [description] => this is my house
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [src] => image03.jpg
                    [title] => beach
                    [description] => a sandy beach
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [src] => image02.jpg
                    [title] => mountain
                    [description] => some awesome mountains
                )

        )

    [gallery_options] => Array
        (
            [sort] => title
            [lightbox] => 1
            [delay] => 0.5
        )

)

Pretty convenient, no? To get a single custom field use +meta(key)+:

meta('gallery_options') => array('sort' => 'title', 'lightbox' => 1, 'delay' => 0.5)

Now you can use this within other plugins, or themes, or wherever.